Tears are no proof of real repentance ( 1 Samuel 24:16 1 Samuel 24:17 ; contrast Psalms 56:8 ). The passage about which inquiry is made is Heb. BENGEL reasonably argues as follows: His blood was entirely "poured out" of His body by the various ways in which it was shed, His bloody sweat, the crown of thorns, the scourging, the nails, and after death the spear, just as the blood was entirely poured out and extravasated from the animal sacrifices of the law. But Paul, by inspiration, supplies (compare Acts 20:35 , 2 Timothy 3:8 ) this detail. for whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;', An exhortation to be constant and persevere, The example of Christ is set forth, and the gracious design of God in all the sufferings believers endured. Let us seek for grace, that we may serve God with reverence and godly fear. Hebrews 12:6 (WBT) ", The Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as his child. "Since then not to be chastised is a mark of bastardy, we ought [not to refuse, but] rejoice in chastisement, as a mark of our genuine sonship" [CHRYSOSTOM]. because the Lord disciplines whomever he loves, and he punishes every son or daughter whom he accepts. FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES. Let us then frequently consider him. Though still fighting the good fight on earth, still, in respect to your destiny, and present life of faith which substantiates things hoped for, ye are already members of the heavenly citizenship. "Despised," that is, disregarded. God is the same just and righteous God under the gospel as under the law. His is absolute holiness: our part is to put on His holiness, becoming "holy as He is holy," by sanctification. cross . For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, And scourges every son whom he receives. he resolved to murder Jacob! For whom the LORD loveth, him he chasteneth: and yet delighteth in him even as a father in his own son. It was incorruptible ( 1 Peter 1:18 1 Peter 1:19 ). or profane--Fornication is nearly akin to gluttony, Esau's sin. The Lord being pure and holy, none but the pure and holy shall see Him ( Matthew 5:8 ). "Oh, happy the servant for whose improvement his Lord is earnest, with whom he deigns to be angry, whom He does not deceive by dissembling admonition" (withholding admonition, and so leading the man to think he needs it not)! See that you do not refuse Him who speaketh from heaven, with infinite tenderness and love; for how can those escape, who turn from God in unbelief or apostacy, while he so graciously beseeches them to be reconciled, and to receive his everlasting favour! The resurrection bodies of the saints shall be bodies in which the spirit shall altogether preponderate over the animal soul. . In Hebrews 12:7 Hebrews 12:8 the need of "chastening" or "discipline" is inculcated; in Hebrews 12:9 , the duty of those to whom it is administered. 7. For the full completion of this we pray ( Matthew 6:10 ). ", For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, And scourges every son whom he receives.". Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. are compassed about--Greek, "have so great a cloud (a numberless multitude above us, like a cloud, 'holy and pellucid,' [CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA]) of witnesses surrounding us." he found no place of repentance--The cause is here put for the effect, "repentance" for the object which Esau aimed at in his so-called repentance, namely, the change of his father's determination to give the chief blessing to Jacob. (12-17) The New Testament dispensation shown to be much more excellent than the Old. without which--Greek, "apart from which." (2) "To God" would have been in that case added. Compare "afterward," Matthew 25:11 Matthew 25:12 . 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? B. b. Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Understand the meaning of Hebrews 12:6 using all available Bible versions and commentary. Whom the Lord Loveth he Chasteneth I feel like I’ve been chastened by life recently, so I did a study on “chastening” in scripture. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. and to the blood of sprinkling--here enumerated as distinct from "Jesus." ", Hebrews 12:6 (NIRV) 24. new--not the usual term (kaine) applied to the Christian covenant ( Hebrews 9:15 ), which would mean new as different from, and superseding the old; but Greek, "nea," "recent," "lately established," having the "freshness of youth," as opposed to age. against sin--Sin is personified as an adversary; sin, whether within you, leading you to spare your blood, or in our adversaries, leading them to shed it, if they cannot through your faithfulness even unto blood, induce you to apostatize. His blood introduced into heaven took away the dragon's right to accuse. When we remain stubborn in our sins, sometimes the Lord may have to remove something, or send something, or reveal something in our lives. The exhortation has three parts: the first relates to ourselves, Hebrews 12:12 Hebrews 12:13 ; the second, to others, Hebrews 12:14 , "peace with all men"; the third, to God, "holiness, without which," &c. The first is referred to in Hebrews 12:15 , "test any man fail of the grace of God"; the second in the words, "lest any root of bitterness," &c.; the third in Hebrews 12:16 , "Lest there be any fornicator or profane person," &c. This threefold relation often occurs in Paul's Epistles. THE purpose of the letter to the Hebrew believers was to renew their confidence in the Hope of the New Covenant in Christ Jesus. The Hebrews whom Paul addressed, had, as Christians, the spiritual rights of primogeniture (compare Hebrews 12:23 ): he intimates that they must exercise holy self-control, if they wish not, like Esau, to forfeit them. Psalm 73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. Heb 12:7 ¶ Heb 12:7 - If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? Already come us as the Originator of our souls never willingly grieves nor his... 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